insensible

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She seems to have trampled upon all faith, as she violated all obligation--insensible alike to the calls of conscience and the aspirations of devotion.

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  1. adjective Imperceptible; inappreciable: an insensible change in temperature.
  2. adjective Very small or gradual: insensible movement.
  3. adjective Having lost consciousness, especially temporarily; unconscious: lay insensible where he had fallen.

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unable ·  inert ·  forgetful ·  deaf ·  oblivious ·  lifeless ·  impervious ·  unresponsive ·  averse ·  senseless ·  speechless ·  valueless
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsēnsibilis, imperceivable : in-, not; see in-1 + sēnsibilis, perceptible; see sensible.

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  1. = French insensible = Spanish insensible = Portuguese insensivel = Italian insensibile, from Late Latin insensibilis, that cannot be felt, that cannot feel, from Latin in- privative + sensibilis, sensible: see sensible.
 

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/ɪnˈsɛnsɪbl/
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